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crare

noun /ˈkɹɛə(ɹ)/

  1. A slow unwieldy trading vessel.

    Who ever yet could sound thy bottom? find / The ooze, to show what coast thy sluggish crare / Might easiliest harbour in?

Where it comes from

From Old French craier, creer, croyer (“ship of war”), Late Latin craiera, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic (compare German Krieger (“warrior”), or Dutch krijger).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry crare (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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